Hat support or hanger



May 1, 1934. w J, CONNELL 1,957,096

HAT SUPPORT OR HANGER Filed Jan. 9, 1935 Patented May 1, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

The object of this invention is to provide a flexible hanger or support for a hat that is permanently fastened to the sweat-band of the hat, and which forms a part of the hat, and is ordinarily concealed inside of the hat when not in use, and is held in idle position by a horizontal slit in the sweat-band of the hat with which one end of the hanger orsupport engages, or a strap may be attached to the sweat-band between which and the sweat-band the end of the hat support may engage.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hanger with a slit or buttonhole therein which can engage with a button on a coat, so that the hat can be supported thereby from the coat of the wearer and thus remain constantly in his custody.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hat support that is of low cost and does not add materially to the cost of the hat, and can therefore be put into general or universal use in mens and boys hats.

These and other objects of the invention will be illustrated in the drawing, described in the specification, and pointed out in the claim at the end thereof.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of the hat, showing the hat support in idle position therein.

Figure 2 is a vertical section on the line 2r2:c of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 2:c-2;n of Figure 1, showing a modified form of the hat support.

Figure 4 is a vertical section through the hat, showing the hat support turned up, ready for use.

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the hat with the hat support engaged with a hook, and showing the hat supported thereby.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary side elevation, showing the support engaged with a button on a coat.

Figure 7 is a vertical transverse section through the hat on the line 2.r2r of Figure 1, showing a sweat-band having an extension therein with 45 a buttonhole cut in said sweat-band and extension.

In the drawing like reference numerals indicate like parts.

In the drawing reference numeral 1 indicates to the crown of the hat, 2 indicates the rim of the hat, and 3 indicates the sweat-band of the hat, which sweat-band is sewed to the hat along the seam indicated at 4.

To the sweat-band of the hat I attach a hanger or support 5, made of the same material as the sweat-band of the hat itself, which hanger can be attached to the hat by the main seam 4, as shown in Figure 3, or by a separate seam 6,

as shown in Figures 2 and 4. This hanger has a broad base where it is sewed to the sweat-band at or near the seam that connects the sweatband to the hat, and tapers somewhat to the other end and where it has a slit or buttonhole 13 therein.

The sweat-band of the hat has a horizontal slit '7 therein, as shown in Figures 2 and 4. This slit is short, being a little longer than is necessary to permit it to receive the hanger or support, and is placed near the opposite edge of the sweat-band. The hanger is in the form of a tongue, and is tapered so that it can readily engage with and pass through the slit.

A narrow strap 8, such as is shown in Figure 3, may be used, which strap may be fastened at each end to the sweat-band of the hat, leaving the 76 sweat-band and the strap so placed so that they can be separated to receive the hanger or support between them. When the strap 8 is used, the slit 7 may be omitted.

When it is desired to hang up a hat, the hanger 80 5 can be disengaged from the slit or strap and turned up to the position shown in Figures 4 and 5. In this position it can engage with a coat hook 9, and will thereby be hung from the hook. Or, it can be engaged with a button 10 on a coat 11, from which it will swing freely.

When the support 5 is removed from the hook or button, it is swung in on the sweat-band and is engaged with the slit or strap by which it is held in an out-of-the-way position and c0ncealed, but from which position it can be swung out again ready for use the next time.

In Figure 7 I have shown a modified form of the sweat-band 3 having a projecting tongue 12 therein with a buttonhole slit 13 cut therein. This tongue can be turned up with the sweatband, and the buttonhole in the tongue can be engaged with a button on a coat, or coat hook, for the purpose of supporting the hat.

I claim:

A hat hanger comprising a sweat band fastened to the rim of a hat, a tongue on said sweat hand, integral therewith, extending from the upper edge of said sweat band into the crown of the hat, said sweat band with said tongue being 105 adapted to be turned in the opposite direction, and having a slit in said tongue that is adapted to engage an outside support.

WILLIAM J. CONNELL. 

